Lettering tattoo ideas

3,720 photos and flash · 59% Lettering, 22% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of a teal top hat with a purple band and ribbon above a black spade shape filled with the lettering 'We're all mad here', shown in a lettering style on skin.
Mad Hatter top hat above a lettered spade
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon man in a cap, sunglasses and chain holding a camera, with EASY MONEY lettering, on the thigh in a traditional style.
Cartoon man with camera and Easy Money lettering
Black ink lettering in a blocky hand style across the palm, with a small mark on the inner wrist, in a black and white photo.
Black ink lettering across a palm
Black script lettering tattooed in several lines along a woman's side and ribs, with her hand resting on her arm and skin glistening with water.
Cursive script lines along the ribs
Black handwritten brush lettering reading every moment matters on a plain white background, shown as a lettering design rather than on skin.
Every moment matters lettering design
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading ; my story isn't over in a simple lowercase sans serif on the side of a foot.
Semicolon quote on the side of a foot
Fresh black script reading Miami, drawn as a heartbeat line across the upper back and covered with clear plastic wrap.
Miami script in a heartbeat line on the back
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a sun over mountains and a lake, with handwritten lettering arranged around the design.
Mountain and sun quote on forearm
Fine line black script reading free with a small bird in flight on the inner forearm, shown against a pale background.
Free script with a bird on a forearm
Black fine line script tattoo reading "Wild hearts can't be tamed" with decorative swirls, placed on the calf.
Wild hearts can't be tamed lettering on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a mask with ornate script lettering above and a revolver below, on a limb.
Mask, script lettering and revolver tattoo
Fine line black script tattoo reading still i rise, with a shaded flower and leaves at the end of a thin stem, on a patch of skin.
Still I rise script with a flower
Black lettering tattoo reading don't panic on the inner forearm, with a blurred metro carriage and passenger in the background.
Don't panic lettering on inner forearm
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoos with rope and script lettering on both thighs, worn above striped over-knee socks.
Matching anchor tattoos with quotes on thighs
Flash sheet in a spiral notebook with black and red dotwork designs of a goblet, radio, crown, Deathly Hallows symbol, tombstone, eye, lighter and the words Avada Kedavra.
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows flash sheet
Neo-traditional style colour tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a green tail on a forearm, with the words NEVER LOSE YOUR VOICE in black lettering above and below.
Mermaid and lettering on a forearm
Traditional rose and script lettering tattoos on the thighs of legs resting in a bath, with a hand holding a cup of tea.
Rose and lettering tattoos on bathed legs
Black and grey script lettering tattoo running along a forearm, photographed in black and white.
Script quote on a forearm
Fine line heart tattoo with small script on the upper arm of a woman with her back to the camera, facing the sea at dusk.
Heart with script on upper arm
Watercolour dandelion tattoo with rainbow splashes and black script lettering along the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dandelion on the ribs
Black ink lettering design reading Long Live the Adventure, set in a circle on white paper beside a camera, passport and pens, in a lettering style.
Long Live the Adventure lettering design
Fine red script lettering reading Mischief Managed across the top of a foot in a black studded high heel, Lettering style, placed on the foot.
Script lettering on the top of a foot
Black script lettering tattooed along a thigh, reading a four-line quote in a fine line style, with denim shorts rolled at the top of the frame.
Script lyric quote along a thigh
Bold black brush-style Devanagari-style script lettering on a plain white background, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Black Devanagari-style script lettering
Black fine line lettering reading Hakuna Matata with small animal silhouettes above it, tattooed on the top of a woman's foot near the ankle.
Hakuna Matata and animal silhouettes on an ankle
Black and red script lettering reading Money over Men with swirling flourishes, tattooed along a forearm.
Money over Men script lettering on a forearm
Black fine line script reading breathe in, breathe out, move on on the inner wrist, set against a hessian background.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Blue and green awareness ribbon tattoo with Celiac Disease, No Grain and No Pain lettering on a lower leg.
Celiac awareness ribbon with No Grain, No Pain lettering
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo on the side of a ribcage, with the lettering partly legible as the word love.
Fine line script wording on the ribs
Colourful neo-traditional flash drawing of a rainbow, lollipop, hearts, stars and flowers with the words Sugar, spice and everything nice, held up by a hand with glittery nail polish.
Sugar, spice and everything nice flash design
Black and grey floral swirl tattoo with script lettering on a person's hip and side ribs, with a star on the upper thigh.
Floral swirls and script on hip and ribs
Black and grey comic panel tattoo on an upper arm, with a speech bubble of lettering above two cartoon figures under a starry night sky.
Comic panel quote tattoo on upper arm
Three ankles on grass show matching black script "Sisters" tattoos inside open heart outlines, with small coloured butterflies, placed on the ankle.
Matching sisters tattoos on three ankles
Two interlocked hands show small black script lettering tattooed along the side of a finger on each hand, with silver rings worn on the same fingers.
Small script finger tattoos on interlocked hands
Close view of two hands with blackletter lettering spelling RECKLESS across the finger segments in teal ink, with small cross marks above the knuckles.
Reckless lettering across knuckles
Black script lettering reading Run and not grow weary across the top of a foot, with painted toenails visible at the front.
Script quote across the top of a foot
Black ink hand-lettered design reading never stop exploring, with a ribbon banner, shaded letterforms and swirling flourishes, drawn on white paper.
Never stop exploring lettering design
Black script lettering in two lines runs across the outer thigh of a seated person in a grey hoodie holding a mug, with the tattoo partly cropped.
Two-line script quote on an outer thigh
Black and grey caduceus tattoo with the word DIABETIC above and TYPE 1 below, in a traditional lettering style, on the forearm.
Caduceus with Diabetic and Type 1 lettering on a forearm
Two matching black script tattoos on the inner wrists read Now you're my whole life and Now you're my whole world, with the hands held together.
Matching script quote tattoos on two wrists
Black fine line calligraphic script tattoo running diagonally along the side of a person's ribs, against pale skin and a coral top.
Script tattoo running along the ribs
Fine line black tattoos of a slender sprig on the side of the torso, a small star on the upper arm and the words GIRL POWER on the inner forearm.
Fine line sprig, star and GIRL POWER lettering
Black boomerang shape with fine white dash texture and the word KARMA in white hand-drawn lettering, shown as a flat design on a white background.
Karma boomerang design
Two photographs of black hand-lettered script tattoos, one on the back of a thigh above the knee and one on a lower leg near the ankle, both shown upside down to the viewer.
Black script lettering on two legs
Close-up of a black serif Roman numeral tattoo in a single line on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Roman numerals on upper back
Close-up of black and grey script lettering with shaded flourishes across the lower abdomen, with a green succulent plant tattoo at the upper right.
Script lettering with flourishes across the stomach
Pencil-style drawing of a tattoo design with the word Love in ornate script, a large swash L, leaves and buds in black and grey.
Ornate script Love with botanical flourishes
Black fine line tattoo of a heartbeat trace with the script words guard your, and proverbs 4:23 in a typewriter style below, on skin.
Heartbeat line with script and Proverbs 4:23